Chapter XXIV: Appendix: M

EXTRACT FROM SURVEY OF THE TOWER ARMOURY, 1660

Harl. MS. 7457

[Sidenote: _Greenwich._]

Wee doe find aswell upon our owne view as upon the information of diverse officers of the Armoury stoorekeeper and others That dureing the time of the late distraccions The severall Armes amunition and Habiliments of Warre formerly remaineing in the greene Gallery at Greenwich were all taken and carryed away by sundry Souldiers who left the doore open; That sundry of the said Armes were afterwards brought into the Tower of London by Mr. Anneslye where they are still remaineing; That the Wainescot in the said Gallery is now all pull’d downe and carryed away; and (as We are informed) was imployed in wainescotting the house in the Tower where the said Mr. Anneslye lived; That a great part of the severall Tooles and other utensils for makeing of Armour formerly remaineing in the Master Armourers workehouse there and at the Armourers Mill, were alsoe within the tyme of the said distraccions taken and carryed away (saving two old Trunkes bound about with Iron, which are still remaineing in the said workehouse, One old Glazeing wheele, still at the Mill, and one other glazeing wheele sold to a Cutler in Shoo lane): That sundry of the said Tooles and other utensills have since byn converted and sold to private uses, by those who within the tyme of the late distraccions had the Command and care of the said armes and Tooles, both at Greenwich and at the Tower: That diverse of the said Tooles are still in other private mens hands, who pretend they bought them: That the great Anville (called the great Beare) is now in the custodye of Mr. Michaell Basten, locksmith at Whitehall, and the Anville knowne by the name of the little Beare, is in the custodie of Thomas Cope, one of His Majesties Armourers; And one Combe stake in the Custody of Henry Keeme one other of his Majesties Armourers And that the said Mill formerly employed in grinding and glazeing and makeing cleane of Armes, is destroyed and converted to other uses by one Mr. Woodward who claims it by virtue of a Graunt from King James (of blessed memorye) but the officers of the Armorye (for his Majesties use) have it now in their possession.

[Sidenote: _Memorandum._]

That the severall distinguishments of the Armors and Furnitures before mencioned, viz^t The first serviceable, The second defective, and to be repaired, The third unserviceable, in their owne kinds, yet may be employed for necessary uses, are soe reported by Richard Kinge and Thomas Cox, two of his Majesties Armorers at Greenwich, who were nominated and appointed in his Majesties Commission, under his signe Manual before recited, to be assistant in this Service: And we doe thinke the same to be by them faithfully and honestly soe distinguished.

WILL. LEGGE, Master of his Majesties Armories.
J. ROBINSON, Lt: Ten: Toure.
JO. WOOD, Barth Beale.

INDEX

A

Alba, Duke of, 132

Albrecht, Harnischmeister, 9, 134

Almain armourers, 14

-- -- settle in England, 16

Almain Armourer’s Album, 19, 143

Almain rivet, 52

Amman, Jost, 24, 36

Angellucci, Major, on “proof,” 63, 67

Anvils, 24

Arbois, 14, 136

Armenia, Poisoned ore in, 40

Arming-doublet, 106

Arming-nails, 52

Arming-points, 30, 109, 111

Armour, Simplicity of English, 16

-- Boxes for, 82

-- cut up for lock-plates, 19

-- Disuse of, 116

-- Painted, 80

-- reinforced on left side, 52

-- Scarlet covering for, 93

-- Tinned, 33

-- Weights of, 42, 116

Armourers’ Company of London, 120

-- -- -- absorb the Bladesmiths, 124

-- -- -- and the informers Tipper and Dawe, 123

-- -- -- employed for coin-striking, 123

-- -- -- examine imported armour, 123

-- -- -- Hall-mark of, 124, 191

-- -- -- Regulations for apprentices of, 124

Armourers, Regulations for, 57

-- Marks of, 70

-- -- Illustrations of, 22-4, 36

Arrows for proving armour, 64

Ash, Monument at, 51, 106

Ashford, Helm at, 17, 18

Ashmolean Museum, Pictures in, 30, 98

-- -- Leather gauntlet in, 96

-- -- -- hat, 99

B

Banded mail, 46

Barcelona, 12

Bards of leather in Tower and Armeria Reale, Turin, 102

-- Painting of, 98

Barendyne helm, 17, 119

Barrel for cleaning armour, 79

Baskets for armour, 81

Battering-mills, 22, 35, 188

Beauchamp, Richard, Earl of Warwick, effigy of, 15, 138

-- Pageants, 15

Belleval, Marquis de, 113

Berardi, Guigliemo, Statue of, 74

Blewbery, John, 60

-- -- Tools of, 27, 30

Bordeaux, 12

Bottes, Armure à, 62

-- cassées, 62

Bracers for archers, 101

Bracket for sallad, 56

Bradshaw, Hat of, 99

Brampton, Nicholas, 88

Brassard, Construction of, 53

-- of cuir-bouilli, 100

Brescia, 13

Breughel, Picture by, 35, 92

Brigandarius, Office of, 61

Brigandine, Construction of, 29, 49

-- Marking of, 71

-- Proving of, 64

-- Reinforcing plates for the, 50

British Museum, Anvil and pincers in the, 24

-- -- Brigandine cap, 30

Brocas helm, 17, 111, 119

Buckram used for armour, 86

Buff coat, Last use of, 103

Bullato, Baltesar, 16

Burgmair, Hans, 131

Burgonet, Skilful forging of, 51

-- Meyrick’s views on the, 54

Burrel, Walter, on iron-smelting, 39

Burring machine, 36

Buttin, Charles, x, 62, 68, 100

C

Calverly, Sir Hugh, discards leg-armour, 115

Camail, Construction of, 45

Camelio, Vittore, 131

Campi, Bartolomeo, 37, 76, 132

Cantoni brothers, 133

Castile, Helmet of King of, 73

Catheloigne, 13

Cavalry, Weight of modern equipment of, 119

Cellini, Benvenuto, on damascening, 76

Chalcis, Italian armour from, 18, 78

-- Brigandine-plates from, 50

Charnel, The, 111

Charles I, Armour of, 76

Charles V, 2, 16, 132, 134

Chiesa, Pompeo della, 37, 140

Christian II, Armour in Dresden of, 75

Cloueur, Demi, 62

-- Haute, 62

Clous perdus, 11

Coats of fence, 84, 87

Colleoni, Pauldrons on statue of, 5

Colman, Coloman, 133

-- Desiderius, 134

-- -- his rivalry with the Negrolis, 16

-- Lorenz, 133

Cologne, 12

Cosson, Baron de, x, 84, 138

Craft rules, 3

Cramer, J., 44

Cuir-bouilli, 97

Cuisse for foot-soldier, 6

Curzon, The Hon. R., 96

D

D’Aubernon, Brass of Sir John, 74

Davies, Edward, 48

Dawtrey helm, 119

De Bures, Brass of Sir Robert, 74

Deforestation due to iron-smelting, 58

Derby, Earl of, brings over Milanese armourers, 15

Derrick’s _Image of Ireland_, 48

Dillon, Viscount, x, 107, 109, 144

-- -- Ditchley accounts, 19

-- -- on proof of armour, 66

Dobbles, 28, 104

Doul, Dr., and the Armourers’ Company, 122

Dover Castle inventory, 25, 33, 79

Dresden, Armour in, 75, 80, 134-7, 140

Dudley, Dud, 40, 41

Dürer, Albrecht, 89, 131

E

Edward II and the Armourers’ Company, 121

England, Documents relating to armourers in, 57-60

“Engraved suit,” Tower, 10, 53, 74, 142

Eyelet coats, 90

Erasmus (Kirkenor), 60

Erith, Plating-mills at, 34, 188

Estramaçon, Proof by, 62

F

Fabrics imitated in armour, 77

Falkenor, Petition by, 59

Falstoffe, Inventory of Sir John, 92

Field of the Cloth of Gold, Armourers at, 31

Florence, Armourers of, 14

Fogge Helm, 17

Foulke, Roger, 41

Framlingham Castle inventory, 25

Frauenpreis, Matthaias, 135

G

Galeazzo Maria Sforza, 133

Galliot de Balthasin, 113

Gambesons, Regulations for making, 85

-- soaked in vinegar, 92

Garbagnus, 21, 68

Gauntlet discarded for complex sword-hilt, 7

Gaya mentions proof of armour, 28, 69

“Glancing surface,” The, 3, 4

Glazing-wheels, 31

Goodrich Court, Leather armour at, 98

-- -- New College armour at, 65

Gratz, Armoury at, 18

“Great Bear” anvil, 35, 193

Greenwich, Workshops at, 32

-- Painting of a jack at, 49

Gresham, Steelyard of Sir Thomas, 19

Grünewalt, Hans, 135

Guiart, 84

Guidobaldo II, 132

Guise, Armour of the Duc de, 65, 118

Gustavus Adolphus, Leather coat of, 88

-- -- -- guns of, 99, 102

H

Hall-mark of the Armourers’ Company, 60, 70, 120

Hampton Court, Portrait of the Duc de Nevers at, 30, 111

Haselrigg’s “lobsters,” 81

Hastings MS. mention of padding, 88

-- -- regulations for undergarments, 107

-- Battle of, 1

Haustement, The, 111

Hearne, his visit to Ditchley, 19

Helm for “barriers,” 7

-- Fastenings for, 112

Helmet-caps, 89

Helmschmied, see Colman

Helmsmith at work, 23

Hengrave Hall inventory, 48

Henry VIII, suit for fighting on foot, 57

-- “Engraved” suit, 10, 53, 74, 142

Henry VIII imports armourers, 16

Henry, Prince of Wales, Armour of, 11, 20, 59

Hewitt, John, ix, 125

Hill, Treatise of Johan, 93, 173

Hippopotamus hide used for armour, 102

Holinshed’s description of jacks, 90

Homildon, Arrows at the battle of, 38

Hope, David le, 57

Hopfer, Daniel, 136

Horse-armour, 8

-- padded, 85

-- of leather, 102

-- laminated, 9, 134

Horse-trappers, 84

-- of leather, 98

I

Infantry, Weight of modern equipment of, 118, 119

Iron mills, 58

-- ore, Poisoned, 40

-- Prices of, 39

Isebrook, as used by Shakespeare, 38

J

Jack, Construction of, 49, 50

-- Regulations of Louis XI for, 87

-- stuffed with horn and mail, 92

Jacobi mentioned as master workman, 66

James II, Proclamation against use of gold and silver foliate, 59, 187

Joinville, Armour given by the Prince de, 11

Jousting, Position of rider in, 5

Jousting-armour, Construction of, 7

Jousting-helm, Occularium of, 5

-- Fastenings of, 112

K

Kelk, John, and the Armourers’ “Mannakine,” 125

Knopf, Heinrich, 75

Kugler supplies inferior metal to Seusenhofer, 13, 38, 142

Kyrkenor, Erasmus, 60

L

Lames simulated by embossing, 11

La Noue criticizes weight of armour, 117

Leather horse-armour, 102

-- guns, 99, 102

-- cuisses and morion, 98

Lee, Sir Henry, Armour of, 19, 144

-- -- Helmet of, 89, 145

-- -- Trial of armour by, 66

-- -- Master of the Armouries, 59

Legg, Col. William, Master of the Armouries, 34, 193

“Leicester” suit in the Tower, 57, 144

Lewisham, Armoury mill at, 35

Lindsay helm, 119

Linen armourers, 88, 94

Lochner, Conrad, 136

Locking-gauntlet in Armourers’ Hall, 55, 125, 145

Locking-hooks, 55, 56

Locking-pins, 55

Louis XIV, Armour of, 21

-- Proof mark on armour of, 68

M

Madrid, Armour in, 16, 29, 57, 75, 76, 111, 119, 131-7, 140

Mail cut up for gussets and sleeves, 19

-- Construction of, 44

-- Double, 45

-- Proof of, 62

-- Marking of, 70

-- Painted, 80

-- used at end of sixteenth century, 103

-- Banded, 146

-- makers, 23

Manifer, Main faire, Main de fer, x, 92

Mantegna, Picture of S. George by, 15, 138

Mantua, Francesco di, 134

Marche, Oliver de la, mentions secret tempering for armour, 67

-- -- -- -- leather for duelling-armour, 98

Martin, John, Erection of plating-mills by, 34, 188

-- -- appeals for German platers, 121, 188

Mary of Burgundy, 14

Maximilian I, 133-7

Maximilian II, 2, 14, 134, 136, 141, 142

-- his theories on making armour, 16, 143

Mendlesham, Village armoury at, 18, 90

Merate brothers, 14, 136

Merchant Tailors, 95

Meyrick, Sir Samuel, ix

-- -- his theories on banded mail, 48

-- -- -- -- the burgonet, 54

Milan, 12, 13, 138

-- Important factories of armour in, 15

Milanese armourers employed by Henry VIII, 16, 58

Mildmay, Sir Walter, and the Armourers’ Company, 122

“Milliner” derived from Milaner, 94

Missaglia, The, 21, 137

-- Helm in the Tower by, 7

-- Antonio, Marks of, 50

-- -- Armour by, 14, 139

-- Tomaso, Armour by, 138

Mola, Gasparo, 139

Montauban, Chapeaux de, 12

Moroni, Portraits by, 109

“Muhlberg” suit of Charles V, 57

Multscher, Hans, Statue of S. George by, 14

Musée d’Artillerie, Armour in, 21, 57, 64, 65, 68, 71, 74, 111, 119,
136, 139, 140, 143

-- -- Eyelet coat in, 90

-- -- Horse-armour in, 8

-- -- Leather guns in, 102

N

Nasal, The, 46

Negrolis, 12, 16, 75, 140

New College, Armour from, 19, 65

New York, Anvil in Metropolitan Museum, 24

Niello-work as decoration for armour, 74

North, The Hon. Robert, describes padded armour, 94

Northumberland, Equipage of the Earl of, 30, 111

O

Or San Michele, Statue of S. George in, 14

Ortolano, Picture by, 30

P

Painted Chamber, Westminster, Frescoes in, 8

Passau, 13

-- Mark of the city of, 71

Parkes, his fowling-piece of “Dudley ore,” 41

Passe-guard, x, 52, 92

-- wrong use of the word, x, 4

Pauldrons, Large, 5

Pavia, Picture of the battle of, 98

Peffenhauser, Anton, 11, 75, 140

Peruzzi, Marchese, 19

Petit of Blois, 76

Petworth, Helm at, 18

Piccinino, Lucio, 11, 140

Pickering, William, 20, 59, 122

Piers Gaveston, Inventory of, 73

Pitt-Rivers Museum, Culottes and coats of fence in the, 84

Plate armour on legs, Reasons for, 3

Platers, 22

Plates, Size of, 42

Plating-mills, 34, 188

Pluvinel, De, 114

Poldermitton, The, 7

Poore, William, suggests a preservative for armour, 81

Porte de Hal Musée, Horse-cuissard in, 9

-- -- -- Eyelet coat in, 90

Privy coats, 87

Proof of armour, 62-72

-- -- -- by Sir Henry Lee, 66

-- marks on bascinet in Tower, 64

-- -- on armour of Louis XIV, 68

R

René, King, 85, 88, 101

Rerebrace, Construction of the, 5

Richmond at Bosworth Field, 2

Richmond, John, and the Armourers’ Company, 123

Rivets filed flat, 4

Rivet, Sliding, 52, 53

-- word used for a suit of armour, 52

Robinet, the King’s tailor, 82, 91

Rogers, Prof. Thorold, 38

Rosebecque, Battle of, 101

Rudolph of Nuremberg, 44

Ryall, Henry de, 94

S

S. Demetrius, Picture of, 30

S. George, Statuette by Multscher of, 15

-- -- at Prague of, 51

-- Engravings by Dürer of, 89

S. Victor, Picture at Glasgow of, 51

S. William, Carving at Strasburg of, 106

Sallad cap, 89

-- Cover for, 93

-- Venetian, 93

Sanseverino, Armour of Roberto di, 14

Saulx-Tavannes, J. de, 28

Saxe, Marshal, 65, 99

Search, Right of, 20, 58, 121

Sebastian, Armour of King, 75, 140

Seusenhofers, The, 141

Seusenhofer, Conrad, 10, 74, 77, 141

-- -- complains of inferior metal, 13

-- -- his workshop described in the _Weisz Künig_, 15

Shrewsbury, Gild of Armourers at, 59

Sidney, Sir Philip, 115

Sigismond of Tirol, Armour of, 21

Siris bronzes, 73

Sliding rivet, Construction of, 10, 52, 53

Smith, Sir John, 91, 113, 145

Solingen, 13

Solleret, Construction of, 6

-- Unpractical, 11

_Speculum Regale_, 84

Splinted armour, 49, 51

Spring-pins, 56

Staley, E., 14

Stamps, Armourer’s, 72

Stanley, John, Sergeant Armourer, 26

Staples for helms, 111

Stibbert Museum, 19

Stokes, W., _The Vaulting Master_, 113

Stone, Benjamin, blade-maker, 60

Sturtevant’s _Metallica_, 63

Surcoat, The use of, 79

Sword-pommels used for weights, 19

T

Thyrkill, Richard, 71

Tilt-hammers, 35, 40

Toledo, 13

Tonlet, 109

Tools, 24-31

Topf, Jacob, 143

-- -- Armour by, 19, 76

-- -- Armour in Armourers’ Hall by, 125

-- -- Peculiarity of hook on armets by, 21

Toulouse, 12

Tower of London, Armour in, 11, 53, 57, 74, 119, 137, 139, 142, 144, 145

-- -- Helm by the Missaglias in, 7, 64

-- -- Jacks in, 49

“Toiras” armour, 60

Tresses, 109

Turin, Armeria Reale, 71, 102, 141

Tyler, Wat, destroys a jack, 49

U

Undergarments, 106

V

Vambrace, Construction of, 6

Van der Goes, Picture in Glasgow by, 50

_Vaulting Master, The_, 113

_Verney Memoirs_, mention of proof of armour, 68

-- -- -- -- fit of armour, 105

Versy, 12

Vervelles, 46

Vienna, Armour in, 14, 133-41, 143, 145

-- Brigandine in, 50

-- Helm-cap in, 89

-- Helmet-covers in, 93

Vireton, 64

W

Wallace helm, 18, 117

-- Collection, Horse-armour in, 9

-- -- Armour in, 134, 139, 145

-- -- Bascinet and camail in, 46

-- -- Tools in, 24

Waller, J. G., his views on banded mail, 48

Walsingham, 49

Way, Albert, 107

_Weisz Künig_, 15, 141, 142

-- -- Armourer’s tools figured in, 28

Westminster helm, 17, 18, 119

-- Workshops in, 32

Whalebone used for gloves and jacks, 100

Whetstone, his project for light armour of proof, 59

Willars de Honnecourt, 45

William the Conqueror, 1

Willoughby, Jack of Sir John, 49

Windsor Park Tournament, 29, 100

Wire-drawing, Invention of, 44

Woolvercote, Sword-mills at, 34

Woolwich Rotunda, Tools in the, 24

-- -- helm, 18

-- -- leather guns, 102

Z

Zeller, Walter, 92

Zurich, 18

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GLOSSARY.
Entries for ‘javelin’ ‘bravette’ ‘lists’ are referenced but they
do not exist.
Section ‘O’: ‘Oberarmzeng’ replaced by ‘Oberarmzeug’.

INDEX.
There were several references to the Preface at pages ‘vii’ and ‘viii’.
This numbering was incorrect and has been changed to ‘ix’ and ‘x’.
Kelk: ‘“Manakine,” 125’ replaced by ‘“Mannakine,” 125’.
La Noue: ‘armour, 116’ replaced by ‘armour, 117’.